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cantillate

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can⋅til⋅late

  [kan-tl-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to chant; intone.
Origin:
1860–65; < LL cantillātus sung low, hummed (ptp. of cantillāre), equiv. to cant- sing (see cant 1 ) + -ill- dim. suffix + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
can⋅til⋅la⋅tion, noun
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can·til·late   (kān'tl-āt')   
tr. & intr.v.   can·til·lat·ed, can·til·lat·ing, can·til·lates
To chant or recite (a liturgical text) in a musical monotone.

[Latin cantilāre, cantilāt-, to sing, from cantāre, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]
can'til·la'tion n.
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